On this day: November 30

Mark Twain is born, Lucy and Desi elope, civil war breaks out in Palestine, Bing and Bowie sing a Christmas duet, and Michael Jackson's "Thriller" is released, all on this day.

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Library of Congress

1782: In Paris, representatives from the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles that would later be formalized as the 1783 Treaty of Paris, ending the American Revolutionary War.

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